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2018-2019 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PSYC 820. Exploratory Factor Analysis

3.00

Methods of exploratory factor analysis and component analysis, including differences between factor and component analysis; assumptions and data preparation for factor/component analyses; determining the number of factors, rotation methods, computation of factor scores; factor analysis of noncontinuous data; and evaluation of factor analytic research. The course emphasizes the applications as well as mathematical models. Prerequisite: PSYC 606  and PSYC 608 .